| operator [`äp·ǝ´rād·ǝr] COMPUTER SCIENCE Anything that designates an action to be performed, especially the operation code of a computer instruction. ENGINEERING A person whose duties include the operation, adjustment, and maintenance of a piece of equipment. GENETICS A sequence at one end of an operon on which a repressor acts, thus regulating the transcription of the operon. MATHEMATICS A function between vector spaces. |